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Comments for "BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) coming to iOS this summer"enI have a Z10 per one week nowhttp://www.imore.com/comment/417955#comment-417955

I have a Z10 per one week now and I have say that is an awesome phone. Just incredible in all aspects. Some of my friends have their iphones and galaxies and I used them. BlackBerry in this moment is ahead of the two. BBM going cross platform will only help the company to show its potential and grow the market share.

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I have a Z10 per one week now and I have say that is an awesome phone. Just incredible in all aspects. Some of my friends have their iphones and galaxies and I used them. BlackBerry in this moment is ahead of the two. BBM going cross platform will only help the company to show its potential and grow the market share.

]]>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:28 +0000brug0710comment 417622 at http://www.imore.comI too have a Q10 & I agreehttp://www.imore.com/comment/416979#comment-416979

I too have a Q10 & I agree that the call quality on BBM voice is better then when using the cellular network, with 1 big notable exception. If either me or the person I'm talking to is in an area with a week or slow data connection the call quality goes down very quickly to very bad. That being said, that issue will become less & less of an issue as carriers improve their networks & LTE becomes more predominant (Q10 on LTE is amazing)

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I too have a Q10 & I agree that the call quality on BBM voice is better then when using the cellular network, with 1 big notable exception. If either me or the person I'm talking to is in an area with a week or slow data connection the call quality goes down very quickly to very bad. That being said, that issue will become less & less of an issue as carriers improve their networks & LTE becomes more predominant (Q10 on LTE is amazing)

Damn, aren't you tired of pulling up an app for every damn message you have to send? whether is video chat, text message, or voice chat, or screenshare (sorry not available on any other app), you have to jump from skype to whatsapp (sure you know whatsapp is a very limited to texts chat service right?). If you have android friends, you have to open skype, or whatsapp, but your beloved iphone friends you have to go through imessage and facetime... not to mention android folks already have to deal with apps for everything!... One app for Gmail, one app for hotmail, one app for their work email such as Touchdown. They don't really have a native universal client. I'm not aware of how iOS is on this matter but BBM is a solution to the many jumps a user has to do to send a different type of message.

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Damn, aren't you tired of pulling up an app for every damn message you have to send? whether is video chat, text message, or voice chat, or screenshare (sorry not available on any other app), you have to jump from skype to whatsapp (sure you know whatsapp is a very limited to texts chat service right?). If you have android friends, you have to open skype, or whatsapp, but your beloved iphone friends you have to go through imessage and facetime... not to mention android folks already have to deal with apps for everything!... One app for Gmail, one app for hotmail, one app for their work email such as Touchdown. They don't really have a native universal client. I'm not aware of how iOS is on this matter but BBM is a solution to the many jumps a user has to do to send a different type of message.

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]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 14:11:13 +0000morpho4444comment 416944 at http://www.imore.comThey should have done this 10http://www.imore.com/comment/416939#comment-416939

They should have done this 10 years ago. Apple has the upper hand with iMessages being intergrated with SMS all they have to do is improve on it with added features.

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They should have done this 10 years ago. Apple has the upper hand with iMessages being intergrated with SMS all they have to do is improve on it with added features.

the "PIN only" system has basically been phased out, you log in with you blackberry ID and it re-adds all your contacts automatically (for device switches).

you can add a contact by PIN, Email/blackberryID, scanning the bar codes (which is still technically pin i guess) and NFC "bump", though they all are tied back into the BB ID.

so, you would need to create a blackberry ID in order for it to work

i own a Q10 (gets ready for BB hate fires) and i can say that the voice chat on BBM is better quality then cellular network call quality, and video is just as good or better than skype, screen sharing is a neat feature, though it doesnt get much use, its not often i have to show my screen to someone.

i look forward to my iOS and Droid friends having the option to use bbm, i think its a great move and will really tie everyone together nicely

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the "PIN only" system has basically been phased out, you log in with you blackberry ID and it re-adds all your contacts automatically (for device switches).

you can add a contact by PIN, Email/blackberryID, scanning the bar codes (which is still technically pin i guess) and NFC "bump", though they all are tied back into the BB ID.

so, you would need to create a blackberry ID in order for it to work

i own a Q10 (gets ready for BB hate fires) and i can say that the voice chat on BBM is better quality then cellular network call quality, and video is just as good or better than skype, screen sharing is a neat feature, though it doesnt get much use, its not often i have to show my screen to someone.

i look forward to my iOS and Droid friends having the option to use bbm, i think its a great move and will really tie everyone together nicely

I personally think making BBM a cross-platform is quite a bad idea. When I switched to iPhone, I terribly missed BBM and hopped back to BB *JUST* for BBM but again came back to iPhone(Yea, i am a nerd). I am glad that I am on iOS(that's a different aspect all together). The point is, people usually go for BBRY because of BBM. I don't see any other reason(Apps, great UI, eco-system, build quality?) I am not against BBRY, so I wish all the best to 'em.. Hope this move brings some luck ..

And yea , I am hell excited to have BBM on my iPhone 5! Bring it on!!!!

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I personally think making BBM a cross-platform is quite a bad idea. When I switched to iPhone, I terribly missed BBM and hopped back to BB *JUST* for BBM but again came back to iPhone(Yea, i am a nerd). I am glad that I am on iOS(that's a different aspect all together). The point is, people usually go for BBRY because of BBM. I don't see any other reason(Apps, great UI, eco-system, build quality?) I am not against BBRY, so I wish all the best to 'em.. Hope this move brings some luck ..

And yea , I am hell excited to have BBM on my iPhone 5! Bring it on!!!!

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]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:28 +0000agarwal.aparcomment 416703 at http://www.imore.combbm has features far superiorhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416633#comment-416633

bbm has features far superior to all those others, its like imessage, whatsapp, skype all blended into one. I for one cannot wait for this to be released, imessage is shit you cant do anything more than what you can do in a text message.

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bbm has features far superior to all those others, its like imessage, whatsapp, skype all blended into one. I for one cannot wait for this to be released, imessage is shit you cant do anything more than what you can do in a text message.

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]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:01:56 +0000.garridarkocomment 416633 at http://www.imore.comwho are you to say that bbmhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416578#comment-416578

who are you to say that bbm is the best out there. that's your opinion its not a fact. i don't even know why someone would pay for a messaging app anyway unless you're mental or something. there's nothing wrong with imessage or regular sms. is it really necessary to send and receive messages a few seconds faster than regular sms? i don't see the point. but then again, i do have a life and i'm not a nerd

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who are you to say that bbm is the best out there. that's your opinion its not a fact. i don't even know why someone would pay for a messaging app anyway unless you're mental or something. there's nothing wrong with imessage or regular sms. is it really necessary to send and receive messages a few seconds faster than regular sms? i don't see the point. but then again, i do have a life and i'm not a nerd

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]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:52 +0000rewNATIONcomment 416578 at http://www.imore.comi actually have had ahttp://www.imore.com/comment/416577#comment-416577

i actually have had a blackberry before for a couple years. i wasn't impressed with it. I barely got to use bbm because NO ONE else ever has one. get lost poonjab with your dumb +1

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i actually have had a blackberry before for a couple years. i wasn't impressed with it. I barely got to use bbm because NO ONE else ever has one. get lost poonjab with your dumb +1

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]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:13:05 +0000rewNATIONcomment 416577 at http://www.imore.com+1, this guy is lost lolhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416572#comment-416572

+1, this guy is lost lol

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+1, this guy is lost lol

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]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:46:20 +0000Tariq.Hcomment 416572 at http://www.imore.comYou've clearly never used BBMhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416566#comment-416566

You've clearly never used BBM compared to iMessage, WhatsApp, and KIK. BBM is the best messaging platform out there, hands down.

It's also going to be free, which means you can use and pay for an inferior service (I'm looking at you WhatsApp) or you can use the best of the best for free.

I don't see how this logic doesn't occur to you.

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You've clearly never used BBM compared to iMessage, WhatsApp, and KIK. BBM is the best messaging platform out there, hands down.

It's also going to be free, which means you can use and pay for an inferior service (I'm looking at you WhatsApp) or you can use the best of the best for free.

I don't see how this logic doesn't occur to you.

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]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:36:01 +0000Jehchcomment 416566 at http://www.imore.comtrouble is, these days mosthttp://www.imore.com/comment/416551#comment-416551

trouble is, these days most non-business users, and many business users, have learned to use other instant messaging systems, such as Facebook messaging and others. In fact with more and more Wireless Telco's having unlimited text messaging, as a requirement rather than an option, your point has become mute because instant messaging doesn't even require the recipient to be a BBM user or even have a 'smartphone' so even those with a feature phone or basic phone are contactable.

In fact, SMS messaging are becoming increasingly sidelined as well.

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trouble is, these days most non-business users, and many business users, have learned to use other instant messaging systems, such as Facebook messaging and others. In fact with more and more Wireless Telco's having unlimited text messaging, as a requirement rather than an option, your point has become mute because instant messaging doesn't even require the recipient to be a BBM user or even have a 'smartphone' so even those with a feature phone or basic phone are contactable.

It is a smart move for Blackberry. They are in a situation where they are having to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

If their hardware designs fail they have to find a way where they can monetize the parts of the system that were 'proprietary' to the Blackberry handsets.

They just have to work out a system that will monetize those features.

The only question is though, surely, "How relevant is BBM compared to other cross platform messenger systems?". It could be too late for BBM.

As for people comparing BBM messenger speeds to the likes iMessage and saying that speeds pale in comparison. Remember BBM will suffer the same constraints of the various operating systems, for example on Apple iOS, the speed of the push system!

So while it may have remain 'speedy' on the Blackberry handsets, it may not be quite as speedy on the rival OS's be it Android or iOS.

Would I use BBM? As a previous BB owner and user I have to admit, I never missed BBM and probably won't worry about it. With unlimited Text Messaging, Facebook Messaging, iMessage etc it is not as essential as it was even 4 years ago as an efficient way of communicating with other employee's.

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It is a smart move for Blackberry. They are in a situation where they are having to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

If their hardware designs fail they have to find a way where they can monetize the parts of the system that were 'proprietary' to the Blackberry handsets.

They just have to work out a system that will monetize those features.

The only question is though, surely, "How relevant is BBM compared to other cross platform messenger systems?". It could be too late for BBM.

As for people comparing BBM messenger speeds to the likes iMessage and saying that speeds pale in comparison. Remember BBM will suffer the same constraints of the various operating systems, for example on Apple iOS, the speed of the push system!

So while it may have remain 'speedy' on the Blackberry handsets, it may not be quite as speedy on the rival OS's be it Android or iOS.

Would I use BBM? As a previous BB owner and user I have to admit, I never missed BBM and probably won't worry about it. With unlimited Text Messaging, Facebook Messaging, iMessage etc it is not as essential as it was even 4 years ago as an efficient way of communicating with other employee's.

iMessage pales in comparison to the speed and reliability of BBM. I’m a former BB user who switched to iPhone and having used a 4 and now a 5 i can tell you, as beautiful as it is and as many many apps it can have, the iPhone is not the pure communication device that a BB is. Plain and simple. Great move by BB.

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iMessage pales in comparison to the speed and reliability of BBM. I’m a former BB user who switched to iPhone and having used a 4 and now a 5 i can tell you, as beautiful as it is and as many many apps it can have, the iPhone is not the pure communication device that a BB is. Plain and simple. Great move by BB.

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]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:49 +0000HarryLimecomment 416477 at http://www.imore.comThey have had ample time tohttp://www.imore.com/comment/416476#comment-416476

They have had ample time to furnish the data, where is it? Analyst are trimming forcast for the first fiscal year of 2014 (Ends May of 2013). Look is BB dieing no, they have a boat load of cash reserves and have no debt, but I think they will need to start transitioning to be an Enterprise Software Solutions Provider across various platforms then only develop hardware.

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They have had ample time to furnish the data, where is it? Analyst are trimming forcast for the first fiscal year of 2014 (Ends May of 2013). Look is BB dieing no, they have a boat load of cash reserves and have no debt, but I think they will need to start transitioning to be an Enterprise Software Solutions Provider across various platforms then only develop hardware.

You're siting sources that both BlackBerry, and the carrier has said were untrue. And, BlackBerry has filed papers with Canadian SEC to do an investigation into the inaccurate report.

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You're siting sources that both BlackBerry, and the carrier has said were untrue. And, BlackBerry has filed papers with Canadian SEC to do an investigation into the inaccurate report.

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]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:36:03 +0000Detective M Downscomment 416471 at http://www.imore.comThere have been a higherhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416461#comment-416461

There have been a higher return rate for the Z10 then any of the current devices. Sales are in the slump even though they portray it as selling units, while this does not mean BB is dead, they have a boat load of cash and no debt. They are in a perfect position to deploy BBM and other tools and dominate the market because they are creating cross platform interoperability.

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There have been a higher return rate for the Z10 then any of the current devices. Sales are in the slump even though they portray it as selling units, while this does not mean BB is dead, they have a boat load of cash and no debt. They are in a perfect position to deploy BBM and other tools and dominate the market because they are creating cross platform interoperability.

Failure ??? Alot of people I know picked up the Q10 and Z10 and have nothing but good things to say about them. I picked up an iphone 5 a few months back and love it. I miss BBM and will look forward to the app when it's available.

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Failure ??? Alot of people I know picked up the Q10 and Z10 and have nothing but good things to say about them. I picked up an iphone 5 a few months back and love it. I miss BBM and will look forward to the app when it's available.

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]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:53:52 +0000Joey_G_1975comment 416458 at http://www.imore.comIf they was smart they wouldhttp://www.imore.com/comment/416450#comment-416450

If they was smart they would of done this when everyone was jumping ship from Blackberry. I know 75% would of kept using BBM with IOS or Andriod

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If they was smart they would of done this when everyone was jumping ship from Blackberry. I know 75% would of kept using BBM with IOS or Andriod

I wanna share my few words and say, IMPRESSIVE.
This is going be an amazing feature when its released, what I can see happening for PIN and barcode its all going be the same. GO Blackberry your finally getting out into the real world and now we got major competition between apple and blackberry, are we going be saying bye to imessage?

lets see what it will bring us

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I wanna share my few words and say, IMPRESSIVE.
This is going be an amazing feature when its released, what I can see happening for PIN and barcode its all going be the same. GO Blackberry your finally getting out into the real world and now we got major competition between apple and blackberry, are we going be saying bye to imessage?

not really guy, whats the point in downloading a third party app for texting when imessage and regular texting work just fine? if it doesn't come stock on the phone then there's no point. How is this any different from kik or whatsapp? it's BB, how can it be so much better than anything else? you must work for BB or something the way your trolling on peoples comments trying to talk it up. please refrain from doing so, ya dig?

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not really guy, whats the point in downloading a third party app for texting when imessage and regular texting work just fine? if it doesn't come stock on the phone then there's no point. How is this any different from kik or whatsapp? it's BB, how can it be so much better than anything else? you must work for BB or something the way your trolling on peoples comments trying to talk it up. please refrain from doing so, ya dig?

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]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:07:02 +0000rewNATIONcomment 416444 at http://www.imore.comabout time this happened!!http://www.imore.com/comment/416443#comment-416443

about time this happened!! that was one of my favourite features of blackberry (the other being total customisation) and i have waited for this day for ages

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about time this happened!! that was one of my favourite features of blackberry (the other being total customisation) and i have waited for this day for ages

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]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:00 +0000Nyan_Cat100comment 416443 at http://www.imore.comSome of you guys are missinghttp://www.imore.com/comment/416433#comment-416433

Some of you guys are missing the point. With BBM on multiplatforms you don't have to know anyone with a BlackBerry. All you have to know is someone with the app. You'll be able to use it from iPhone to android and vice versa. Do I think that BBM will be useless? Don't know, but one thing I know is that choice is good. And since BBM will become another messaging choice then I guess it's good.

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Some of you guys are missing the point. With BBM on multiplatforms you don't have to know anyone with a BlackBerry. All you have to know is someone with the app. You'll be able to use it from iPhone to android and vice versa. Do I think that BBM will be useless? Don't know, but one thing I know is that choice is good. And since BBM will become another messaging choice then I guess it's good.